Month: February 2013

Note from JWR:

Today we present another entry for Round 45 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course. (A $1,195 value.) B.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for military or government teams.) Three day onPoint courses normally cost $795, and C.) Two cases of Mountain House freeze dried assorted entrees in #10 cans, courtesy of Ready Made Resources. (A $350 value.) D.) a $300 …


Re-Evaluating Priorities: Food vs. Sleep, by Jared S.

I was reviewing some back issues of the Journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, published by the Wilderness Medical Society, and came across an article that I realized may be of use to preppers.  The article deals with the effects of food deprivation vs. the effect of sleep deprivation, on cognitive ability, decision making, and risk taking behaviors.  Here I will attempt to summarize the relevant findings and examine how these realities might inform our choices in prepping and responding to emergency survival situations.  We have all been taught the easy to remember device for setting priorities for survival, right? …


Letter Re: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

  Hi Jim; I accidentally stumbled into a documentary film on Netflix which I am sure your readers would enjoy. It is titled Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. I’m not sure if it is available anywhere else. The film critic web site RottenTomatoes.com gives this description: With Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, Werner Herzog and Russian co-director Dmitry Vasyukov takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. The acclaimed filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about indigenous people living in the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Deep in the wilderness, far …


Economics and Investing:

DIP! Spot silver closed at $29.80 on Friday. It may yet go a bit lower in this swing, but anywhere under $30 per Troy ounce is a bargain. Former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul was on Bloomberg’s Lunch Money show and was talking war and economic collapse. Are US Retirement Accounts at Risk? Items from The Economatrix: Bond Bubble Expectations Retail Sales Up Despite Payroll Tax Hike The Number One Reason To Invest In Gold The End Of The Current Fiat Monetary System Is Coming, And A Gold-Backed Currency Will Replace It


Odds ‘n Sods:

LDS Church increases some storage food useful shelf life estimates to up to 30 years. (Thanks to J McC. for the link.) o o o Andre D. sent: The UN Braces for Stormy Space Weather o o o B.B. sent this: Jim Rogers and Glenn Beck comment on the boom in Midwest farmland. o o o Reader Chris P. in Colorado wrote to mention: On a family camping trip our camp was hit with a microburst from a storm that trashed our camp and damaged the poles on a couple of our tents. Tentpole Technologies Inc., of Vancouver Washington was …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man …


Notes from JWR:

The 25% to 35% off sale for Mountain House canned long term storage foods at Ready Made Resources will end at midnight on Monday February 18th. Be sure to place your order before this sale ends! — Today we present another entry for Round 45 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course. (A $1,195 value.) B.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted …


Living a Double Life, by Sara Sue

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The biggest threat to this country right now is the Socialist/Progressive movement that includes the belief that we should not be “America the great, the free”; that we must take our appropriate place among the world leaders as equals, and that we must “spread the wealth” to ensure “social justice”.  In the end, this type of thinking leads to a one-world government under the leadership of a “benevolent” governing body who controls our every move.  This belief has undermined the security of this country and exposed us to those who would have us dead – the external threats.  The internal …


Letter Re: Legal Research

Jim: I have some advice for your readers on legal research. While it is not as robust as Lexis or Westlaw, Google Scholar is easier to use and should be more than adequate for people to find and read the cases they are looking for.  In addition to being able to directly access cases by the citations you provided, users may also search databases containing primary authority for both federal and state court opinions in the same manner they would do an internet search on Google or Bing. Another nice feature of internet research, as opposed to using a law …


Letter Re: Addictions That Could Be Your Undoing

Mr Rawles,  I have had to get off of coffee several times for health reasons and have found that a couple of B Complex vitamins or a non-caffeine energy drink like FRS really helps to ease the pain and symptoms of withdrawal … of course I had a five cup a day habit, not a 5 pot a day habit like some of your readers indicated. I also want to thank you for printing the article several months ago about getting off of anti-depressants. My wife was on Effexor, one of the most notorious ones, and we were able to …


Letter Re: A Prepper’s Guide to EMP

Mr. Rawles, I have to make a comment about information in this article that is just wrong and I have seen others wrongly assume on the internet before. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to keep metal within the cage from touching the conductor that makes up the Faraday Cage. The reason is that the cage (assuming it has been constructed without gaps or holes, as it should be) forms an “INFINITE” barrier between the electric fields inside and outside of the cage. No electric field can go through the cage because they are dispersed across the surface and do not …


Economics and Investing:

“When You Have Fiat Currency, What Level Of Value Is Real”, Santelli Asks. (Thanks to B.B. for the link.) Another from B.B.: Schiff: Sequester is ‘Best Thing We Could Have’ Items from The Economatrix: Eric Sprott:  Expect $200 Silver As The Financial System Implodes Top Economic Advisors Forecast War And Unrest Europe’s Recession Deepens As Exports Suffer Unemployment Claims Fall By 27,000


Odds ‘n Sods:

Several readers sent this: Washington state bill would make almost all gun owners criminals. Gee, this sounds like a great way to spur all of the Washington counties east of the the Cascades to break off and form a new State of East Washington. There has long been a deep cultural divide between east and west and a formal split was formally considered as recently as 1995. And of course partition of states isn’t unprecedented. (e.g. Maine and West Virginia.) This is spelled out in Article IV, Section. 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The eastern counties of …


Jim’s Quote of the Day:

“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren” – Proverbs 6:16-19 (KJV)


Notes from JWR:

The 25% to 35% off sales for Mountain House canned long term storage foods with free shipping and bonuses will end tonight (Friday, February 15, 2013) at Safecastle and on February 18th at Ready Made Resources. Be sure to place your order before these sales end! — Today we present another entry for Round 45 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A.) Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course. (A $1,195 value.) B.) A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the …